How to Diet Yummy Buka Stew(Yoruba Stew)

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Buka Stew(Yoruba Stew). The Yoruba's are commonly known for slightly watery oily stew. In fact the Ibo's have a term for it "Ofe nmannu". Which is probably because stew in Yoruba land is usually accompanied with Ewedu, Okro or Vegetable soup and eaten with a starchy addition such as Eba, Amamla or Pounded yam.

Buka stew is the classic Yoruba stew that has been made popular by local buka joints in western Nigeria.

The word "Buka" is a very popular word in Nigeria, originating from the northern part of the country.

It means "hole in wall" based on the size of these local restaurants.

You can have Buka Stew(Yoruba Stew) using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Buka Stew(Yoruba Stew)

1. You need of Assortment cow meats.

2. You need 5 of large balls of fresh tomatoes.

3. Prepare of Enough Shombo peppers.

4. It’s of Enough Tatashe.

5. Prepare of Iru Yoruba.

6. It’s cubes of Knorr.

7. You need of Ginger.

8. You need of Garlic.

9. You need of Maggi chicken.

10. It’s Half of cup palm oil.

11. You need of Boiled eggs.

12. It’s of Salt.

13. It’s 2 of onion bulbs.

What defines this is the use of palm oil and open flame cooking.

Buka stew is a Nigerian fried pepper stew made with bleached palm oil and assorted meat, it is a popular Yoruba stew recipe (Yoruba pepper stew) that you will love to prepare over and over after eating it once.

Buka stew has a unique and savoury taste and it is very different from our usual fried stew.

Buka Stew takes longer to cook compared to and requires Palm oil to achieve the authentic taste, unlike the regular fried stew which is prepared with Vegetable/Sunflower/Olive oil.

Buka Stew(Yoruba Stew) instructions

1. Wash the assorted meats thoroughly with salts and rinse with clean water. Pour all in your cooking pot. Add your seasonings. Cook under high heat for 40 minutes till the meats get tender..

2. Wash your tomatoes, chop into small sizes and keep aside. Wash your peppers, remove the seeds from tatashe. Put the peppers into a blender, add your ginger, garlic and Iru. Bend them together under low speed in a coarse form. I didnt blend the tomatoes..

3. Chop your onion, heat up your palm oil in a sauce pan. Fry the onion for 2 minutes to brown. Add the tomatoes and the cooked peppers, fry for 3 minutes. Add your chicken seasoning, salt. Set aside.

4. Add the cooked tomato and pepper mixture inside the cooked assorted meats. Cover and allow to simmer for 3 minutes. Add your boiled eggs and serve with rice, pasta, yam etc..

With Buka Stew, you don't need too much tomatoes, you use more of bell peppers; a mixture of red and green.

Now watch, when the stew cools down a little, voila, palm oil floating to the top.

What i learnt from Alhaja is that Buka stew is not a fried stew, like regular home cooked stew.

My recipe for my grandmother's Alapa can be found in Recipeadia under the Stew Category Directions for making Buka Stew (Mama Put Stew) Pour the tomato puree in a big enough pot, boil on the stove till all the water dries up.

Add the tomato paste, mix very well and set aside.